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Sir Gerard Lowther, 1st Baronet
1858–1916
- Born
- 16 Feb 1858
- Country of birth
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, today United Kingdom
- Died
- 5 Apr 1916, Sandwich
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- Birth16 Feb 1858Probable1 source
- Titleambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile, 1901–1905Confirmed3 competing claims1 source
- Titleambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco, 1905–1908Confirmed3 competing claims1 source
- Titleambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ottoman Empire, 1908–1913Confirmed3 competing claims1 source
- Death5 Apr 1916, SandwichProbable1 source
- TitleMember of the Privy Council of the United KingdomConfirmed3 competing claims1 source
A life in time
Born
Birth
Event · ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile
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Event · ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco
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Child born: Edith Alice Cecilia Lowther
Birth
Event · ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ottoman Empire
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Died · Sandwich
Death, Sandwich
What was it like?
The world around 1858: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.
Sir was born the same year as Giacomo Puccini, Eleonora Duse, and Ethel Smyth.
Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet, was a British diplomat.
Titles held
- ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile1901–1905
- ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco1905–1908
- ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ottoman Empire1908–1913
- Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Giacomo Puccini
Italian opera composer (1858–1924)
Eleonora Duse
Italian stage actress (1858-1924)
Ethel Smyth
English composer and suffragette (1858–1944)
Gustaf V of Sweden
King of Sweden from 1907 to 1950
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 (1858–1919)
Max Planck
German theoretical physicist (1858–1947)
During their lifetime
- 1870
1870 Education Act mandate school for everyone
The Education Act of 1870 mandated that school became accessible for everyone in Britain.
- 1879
1879 Tay Bridge collapses killing 75 passengers
In 1879, the two-mile Tay Bridge collapsed during a storm, killing 75 passengers in Britain's largest engineering disaster.
- 1881
1881 First electric power station opens
The first electric power station in England opened in Godalming in 1881.
- 1897
1897 Marconi receives patent for radio communications
Guglielmo Marconi received the first patent for radio communications in 1897.
- 1908
Old Age Pensions Introduced in 1908
In 1908, Parliament approved means-tested old age pensions of up to five shillings a week for people over 70.
Family
Ancestors and children
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